Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low couple effect bit-line voltage generator
- Patent Title (中): 低耦合效应位线电压发生器
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Application No.: US11967677Application Date: 2007-12-31
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Publication No.: US07697350B2Publication Date: 2010-04-13
- Inventor: Jer-Hau Hsu , Yung Feng Lin
- Applicant: Jer-Hau Hsu , Yung Feng Lin
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Macronix International Co. Ltd
- Current Assignee: Macronix International Co. Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14

Abstract:
A bit-line voltage generator is provided. The bit-line voltage generator includes a discharge enhanced bias source and a switch unit. The switch unit includes a clamp transistor having a source, a gate connected to the discharge enhanced bias source, and a drain receiving a voltage; a switch transistor having a gate receiving a control signal, a drain connected to the source of the clamp transistor, and a source connected to a memory array, wherein a parasitic capacitor exists between the gate and the source of the clamp transistor; a resistor having a first terminal connected to the drain of the switch transistor, and a second terminal connected to ground; and a capacitor having a first terminal connected to the drain of the switch transistor, and a second terminal connected to ground, wherein a charge in the parasitic capacitor, when the switch transistor is turned on, is almost identical to that when the switch transistor is turned off, so that a couple effect between the switch unit and the discharge enhanced bias source is reduced, thereby stabilizing a bias applied to the memory array.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090168554A1 LOW COUPLE EFFECT BIT-LINE VOLTAGE GENERATOR Public/Granted day:2009-07-02
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